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Translation – tangled, rock climbing, bubble, mosaic, ping-pong….
My students don’t actually realise that I teach them a ‘foreign’ language through a ‘foreign’ language. As I am not English, speak with...
Silvia Bastow
Jan 1, 20215 min read
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Achieving grade 9 in the 150 word extended writing task
Following the amazing response to my post on ‘Preparing students for GCSE extended writing task’ (the post had almost 900 views on the...
Silvia Bastow
Dec 14, 20202 min read
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Preparing students for GCSE extended writing task
On this post I will be focussing on how I am preparing my students for their writing skill; on development of broad linguistic knowledge,...
Silvia Bastow
Dec 9, 20204 min read
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